Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
STATES SUFFER
ING FOR WATER.

What are we to do if we do not soon
get some rain? The wells are drying up,
the mill pool is SO nearly dry that the
mill will close down in few days if we
do not have rainfall The woods around
us have been on fire, and everything be:
gins to look like we will dry up and blow
away The wheat Is suffering badly for
want Of the nourishing fluid, Green
field Qll.) Argus.
An Illinois paper states that the con-
tinued dry weather has compelled hun
dreds OF stockmen in the famous stock
raising districts of that State to sell off
their cattle through not having suffici-
ent water supply. Nor are the bad effects
experienced by stockmen alone. Mills
and manufactures of all sorts are suffer
lug, and some have been compelled to en-
tirely shut down. The general manager
of one Of the largest coal companies in
St Louis, which owns eight mines in
Illinois, says it has been necessary to
haul water all the way from ST. Louis to
supply the company's mines, which con-
sumo from 5000 to %, 600 gallons day."
Railroads find great difficulty in sup
plying tanks, and are forced to haul
water long distances. Water in the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers are very low. A
st. Louis paper says:-'In former years
river men have counted on good channel
from Cairo south at this season of the
year. but at present, owing to the ex-
remely dry weather in the upper valley,
there is miserable stream trickling
through Sandbanks almost the whole
route to, Vicksburg, 1t is certainly one
OF the worst drouths for many years,
The following report is sent by the
Associated Press from Indiana and shows
to what extent the drouth has prevailed:
typhoid fever is alarmingly prevalent
IN Indiana and it doesn't seem to be con-
Ened to any particular locality The
state health board received word that
there were forty or fifty cases in the lit
tie town OF Niltor' Wayne county, and
sent q doctor to investigate the matter.
In Milton there are only surface wells.
lew OF them deeper than twenty-five feet
ana the people are becoming so alarmed
that they are boiling the water before
they drink it. In Eikhart twenty eight
cases OF typhoid fever were reported dur
ing the last quarter There are many
cases in Johnson and Morgan counties,
''r WY pau VI tuc Stdte.
Physicians think that it is largely due to
the impure water. as the long continued
drouth Of last Summer caused the pure
water To fall short. Wells have gone dry
In great many cases. and in the Pocket"
especially in Warwick county, people
are paying % and 80 cents for a barrel of
water for domestic purposes. In Indian
apolis typhoid fever is more prevalent
than usual.
From the above can readily be seen the
condition of the eastern States. The
drouth in Kansas was serious one. but
the rains of October andSeptember. have
relieved the greater part of the state of
It's evil effects. No owith the East their
drouth has been unbroken and now not
only scarcity, but actual suffering exists.
For man to leave Kansas and GO back
East would belize jumping from the fry-
ing pan into the fire. Stay by, and i'm
prove your farms and you will grow rich
Ihis is your great opportunity.